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I. H. CHAPPELL.

Wagon Seat.

Patente-ad June 22,1869.

No. 91,714l

Wv'was .$66 m ISAAC H. CHAPPELL, or DECATUR',"LLINoIs.

Letters Patent No. 91,714, dated June 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT `IN' WAGON-SEATS.

The Schedule referred to in these'Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt 'may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC H. CHAPPELL, of' Decatur, in the county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WagonSeats; and I do hereby declare the following to he full and correct description of the same, sui cient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to understand and construct the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my wagon-seat.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, and

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures. l 4

The nature of my invention consists in a combination of springs, two of which are parallel with, and by means of hooks, attached to the sides of a wagon, while two others, on which the seat-rests, are at right angles to the rst-mentioned springs, having their ends secured to the latter.

A, in the drawings, may represent the bottom board A of a wagon-seat, to the under side of which, ncai its centre, are secured two cross-pieces, B B, which, in

turn, rest on springs C, the ends of which are secured at each side to springs D, near the middle of the latter. Y

The springs C D are thicker in the centre than at their ends, toward which they taper. Thus the tapering ends of springs C rest on the thick part of springs QD, while their thick part supports the seat'.

The ends of springs D rest in hooks E, to which they are secured by screws or pins e, the free part of hooks' E sliding on the sides of the wagon. They may be provided with set-screws, by means of which the seat may be iirmly secured to any part of the sides of thewagon.

The great advantages of my improved Wagon-seat are, its cheapness of construction and durability, as the springs may be made of wood, so that if any part of them breaks, they can be easily repaired, and the fact, that as the springs operate at right angles to each other, a jar coming from any direction is counteracted by the same, as they do not merely act inone, but in all directions.

Having thus described my invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the springs C C D D with tapering ends, cross-pieces B B, and' hooks E, when constructed and arranged to operate as herein described and shown.

ISAAC H. OHAPlEELL.

Witnesses:-

EDWARD WATKINS, 4 M. F. Kluun. 

